Interview with History: The JFK Assassination

As a nation, we have never gotten past 12:30 pm November 22, 1963 - Pamela Ray to James Files in letter 1999

I did much worse crimes in the name of our government, than I ever did for Organized Crime. For the Family, the killing was just kid stuff compared to the government. - James Files to Pamela Ray 13 September 2006Interview with History: The JFK Assassination page viii Quotes

I don't think you want to hear about our Embassy Houses and all the things that went on in them. In reality, they were our torture chambers, but Embassy House sounds much better. The agency always asked us to use nice names in case Congress should hear any stories about us.

P: Have you ever served in the United States Military? In what capacity, where, and for how long?

J: Yes, I served in the U.S. Army in the 82nd Airborne. I took my airborne training at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. In July of 1959, I was shipped out to Laos. I was with Special Operations and we were heavily involved in "Operation White Star." I worked in the capacity of an "Advisor." I specialized in small arms and explosives. Most of our work was training Laos' soldiers to hit and run and set up M.A.'s (mechanical ambush) and how to disrupt communications and supply lines. I was in Laos for about 14 months.

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America Experience a Coup D'Etat on November 22, 1963

"Heard you was cowboy..." Ed Lansdale to James Files when they first met at an Air Force Base.

James Files to Pamela Ray June 4, 2005 Operation Northrwoods/Mongoose

I never ask you to tell me what is in the book, but I've been thinking and I'm just wondering, by chance if you have anything in there about "Operation Northwoods." I have no idea what, or if anything you know about that operation. But maybe we should put a little of it in there. Such as "Operation Northwoods came under the the program of Operation Mongoose" and you may or may not know this but that was headed up under General Edward Lansdale, who at that time, deputy-director of Special Operations for the Pentagon. This entire program was to get rid of Castro and we were to create terrorist activities here in the U.S.

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Lee Harvey Oswald - The Patsy

Contrary to what most history books teach, Lee Harvey Oswald was an innocent man. His job was to infiltrate groups for the FBI and the CIA as an informant. Oswald's CIA controller was the same CIA controller as James Files, David Atlee Phillips. James Files spent time with Oswald the week prior to the assassination of President Kennedy. The Sunday before the assassination, Lee told his mistress Judyth Vary Baker, "If anything happens to Kennedy, they're gonna try and blame me."

The morning of the assassination, James Files told his mob associate Charles Nicoletti about Lee Oswald. Nicoletti, who arrived from Arizona Grace Ranch that morning, was one of the shooters and Files expressed a big concern about spending time with Oswald and it would be a tie back to them. Nicoletti told Sam Giancana and from there Jack Ruby ended up silencing the patsy on Sunday November 24, 1963.

Photo from FOUR DARK DAYS IN HISTORY - A Photo History of President Kennedy's Assassination copyright 1963 by Special Publications Inc., Los Angeles, California

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Man Claims Responsibility for Death of President JFK

New Book Features Confessions of the Self-Proclaimed “Grassy Knoll Shooter”KIHEI, Hawaii – When the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is brought up – even today, over 40 years later – it still has the power to evoke incredible emotion. Most people who were alive on that day still remember exactly where they were when they heard the news, and Lee Harvey Oswald has become a household name, many still convinced he was to blame despite various conspiracy theories which indicate otherwise.

The name James E. Files is not a household name; most have never even heard it. But in 1994, James E. Files confessed on film that he was the gunman who fired the infamous headshot that killed JFK on Nov. 22, 1963, from behind the picket fence on the grassy knoll in DealeyPlaza. Now he is divulging even more information in the new book Interview with History: The JFK Assassination. In the book, Files and author Pamela J. Ray explore the truth behind some very basic questions still lingering decades after that fateful autumn day: Why was President Kennedy killed? Who benefited? And who had the power to cover it all up?

Interview with History features Ray’s interviews with Files, conducted meticulously over the years through highly-monitored letters and transcribed phone calls from Stateville prison in Joliet, Ill., where Files is a prisoner for what he claims is an act of self-defense against an attempt on his life by the government. A former CIA and mob hit man, Files actually considers the JFK assassination one of the least important “jobs” he was asked to do in his lifetime, and he hopes that this book will forever put to rest the subject of his involvement.

“Facing incredible odds, danger and huge debt, it has been a labor of love, sacrifice and hardship to get this book to the people,” Ray writes. “Although over 6000 books have been written about the assassination, Interview with History: The JFK Assassination is the only authorized published work based on the confession of the grassy knoll shooter, James E. Files.”

Interview with History also delves into other “related, shadowy, underworld subjects where it is hard to tell where organized crime stops and the CIA (and other U.S. government agencies) begin,” all based upon Files’ years of experience in the shadows. There is a section called “A Hit on the Mob – Operation Family Secrets,” and another called “Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedy Brothers,” which reveals what Files really thinks happened to the Hollywood starlet. Yet another looks at the dark side of the Vatican and how it ties into the JFK assassination.

“The book includes many photos and unique captions that will undoubtedly cause a controversy ‘back east,’” writes Ray. “This is a must see for researchers looking for a new road if they have been winding up on dead end streets.”

James Files May 2008

My name is James Files and I’d like to make a brief statement to be posted on this website to clear up a few things and to get the facts straight.

I was involved in The JFK Assassination, and the FBI has known about my involvement since 1964. It was the FBI that gave Joe West the information about me and my involvement in the Kennedy Assassination. Why they did this, I do not know.

Joe West made contact with me and then come to visit me and we became friends over a period of time. However, Joe West died before his agenda was completed. Joe West developed heart problems, had surgery, was recovering and was doing very well. How ever, he died shortly there after. I was informed by a by a reliable source from back East., that Joe’s medication had been tampered with and I was assured that Joe West had been murdered in order for his court case to die, where he was doing all with—in his power to have John F. Kennedy’s body exhumed.

When Joe West informed me that he was already in court trying to get JFK’s body exhumed, I explained to Joe West that his body was not burned at Arlington. I also explained to Joe West that he should enter new evidence in order to have a chance at getting the body exhumed. I explained to Joe West that the “Round that struck Kennedy in the head was a “Mercury Round” and that the trace of the “Mercury” would still be present, as Mercury takes forever to go away. So, there would still be a trace of mercury on the skull.

When Joe West died, I thought that the whole investigation would die with Joe’s Passing. However, this is where Robert Vernon enters the picture. Bob Vernon wants to complete Joe’s work to help his widow out. I did not intend to give an interview. It took Bob Vernon a couple of years to get me to agree to it. One of the biggest mistakes in my life that I have ever made. Had I not given this interview, I would have been a free man years ago. My first video, “Confession Of An Assassin,” released through “MPI” was to be my final interview.

I do not trust people to honor their word on anything at all. There is One man in The Free world that I trust and this man has always kept his word, for he is a man of much honor. He is also my longest living friend and knows more about me than any other living human being. His name is Bruce P. Brychek. This man has never, not one time has broken his word to me about anything.

I have no ill feelings about the people I have dealt with who failed to keep their word with me. I just know not to do business with them again. As a person, they are nice to sit and chat with. But if they make you a promise, forget about it, they’ll never keep it. Other than that, they are nice people.

I wish to thank Ms. Ray for her hard work and for her being loyal to me through out the long years of getting the books to market, which at times seemed like a never ending project. She has endured a great deal of injustice and has been ridiculed for her association with me. I thank Ms. Ray for her hard work, her loyalty and most of all her kindness and friendship and for believing in me. Thank You Ms. Ray....

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